Share of hepatitis C patients by viral clearance step and age group U.S. 2013-2022

From 2013 to 2022, the share of people in the U.S. aged 20 to 39 years who had ever been infected with hepatitis C but had been cured or cleared of the infection was 23.8 percent. This statistic shows the percentage of individuals with hepatitis C in the U.S. from 2013 to 2022, by viral clearance step and age group.

Percentage of individuals with hepatitis C in the United States from 2013 to 2022, by viral clearance step and age group

Characteristic	0 to 19	20 to 39	40 to 59	60 and older
Viral testing	85.2%	88.7%	88.1%	88.8%
Initial infection	40.8%	69.9%	70.5%	65.1%
Cured or cleared	25.2%	23.8%	36.6%	42.1%
Persistent infection or reinfection	6.8%	9.2%	6.4%	5.2%

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Release date

June 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2013 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The source defines the Hepatitis C (HCV) clearance cascade as follows:

Ever infected: individuals who had a positive HCV test result between January 2013 and December 2021.
Viral testing: involves conducting 1 or more HCV RNA tests between January 2013 and December 2022, among those ever infected.
Initial infection: evidence of detectable HCV RNA in individuals with viral testing.
Cured or cleared: refers to individuals with initial infection who showed undetectable HCV RNA results (around one third of people with acute infections self-clear without treatment).
Persistent infection or reinfection: individuals categorized as cured or cleared showing subsequent detectable HCV RNA.

The categories viral testing, initial infection, cured or cleared, and persistent infection or reinfection were analyzed between January 2013 and December 2022.

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